A few student athletes are as gifted in the classroom as they are on the field. They are the ones who attract attention from colleges offering attractive scholarships in one sport or another.

There is nothing — repeat, nothing — that a liberal hates more than to be confronted by the truth.

For decades, the old Academy of Music on Main Street in downtown Lynchburg has sat empty and lifeless.

With the General Assembly stymied over how to pay for a $1.1 billion shortfall for transportation, a proposal to add rail passenger service from Lynchburg to Washington, D.C., makes more sense every day.

History has always been an important part of Lynchburg. The city’s founding on the banks of the James River more than 225 years ago has been well documented. And details of the city’s progress from a hamlet on the river to a thriving population center have been recorded for future generations.

Five localities in the region are already beginning to reap the benefits of a regional landfill. And it has only been operating since the first of the month.

Over the course of the past several weeks, there’s been a lot of discussion in The Forum of The News & Advance and online in reader reactions about the Lynchburg School Board’s scrapping of its “No F” policy for middle school athletics.

The rising cost of oil has everyone on edge. The price of a barrel of oil and the cost of a gallon of gasoline are at all-time highs; experts are telling the public to brace for higher heating costs this winter.

We’ve got a trivia quiz for you today, and the odds are you wouldn’t guess the correct answer in a million years.

It was 232 years ago that the concept of “America” burst onto the world stage, changing history from that point on.

Restoration of the Academy of Music Theatre has been on the city’s agenda for decades. It is an expensive proposition, but one that keeps moving ahead — slowly, but surely.

Judging from his campaign rhetoric, one would think that former Gov. Jim Gilmore has seized upon one issue — and one issue only — in his race for the U.S. Senate.

For years, two programs administered by the city’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority have depended on federal grant money. That money, known as the Community Development Block Program, is drying up even as the needs for it increase.